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Redefining e-commerce logistics

Gp Bullhound

Berlin, 18 December 2020
GP Bullhound acted as financial adviser to the shareholders of R2G Polska, operating under the Apaczka brand (“Apaczka”), a leading automation-driven online shipment platform headquartered in Warsaw, Poland, on the sale of a majority stake to Poland-based private equity firm Abris Capital. Grzegorz Iwaniuk will continue in his role as CEO and will retain a minority stake in the business.

Since 2009, Apaczka has grown into the leading e-commerce logistics provider in Central and Eastern Europe focused on increasing efficiency throughout the value chain. Apaczka functions as a technology platform and an integrator, offering comprehensive shipment services for e-commerce stores, SMEs and SOHO (small office / home office) clients. It supports companies in the development of their business, providing professional tools to facilitate daily logistics, and over the past decade has made close to 30 million shipments for more than 160,000 customers.

Grzegorz Iwaniuk, co-founder and CEO of Apaczka, said: “In addition to continuing the current strategy of increasing our market share and strengthening our leadership position, we plan to drive the growth of the business further, with the support of Abris, through the development and implementation of new solutions for entities operating in the e-commerce industry. It was a pleasure working with GP Bullhound – their deep expertise in the software sector proved to be extremely valuable.”

Julian Riedlbauer, Partner at GP Bullhound, stated: “We are delighted to have helped Apaczka find the ideal partner for their next stage of growth. They are perfectly positioned to benefit from the ongoing growth of e-commerce spending globally, which has been further boosted in 2020 by the coronavirus pandemic.”

This represents GP Bullhound’s 21st transaction in the last 12 months, of which 14 were completed within the software space, including Bridgepoint’s $160m investment in Sendinblue, CVC’s $200m investment in EcoVadis, Wavecrest Growth Partners’ and Beringea’s $29m investment in EDITED, and the acquisition of Assetic by Dude Solutions, among many others.
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For enquiries, please contact:

Julian Riedlbauer, Partner

julian.riedlbauer@gpbullhound.com Carolin Drewes, Associate

carolin.drewes@gpbullhound.com

About GP Bullhound

GP Bullhound is a leading technology advisory and investment firm, providing transaction advice and capital to the world’s best entrepreneurs and founders. Founded in 1999, the firm today has offices in London, San Francisco, Stockholm, Berlin, Manchester, Paris, Hong Kong, Madrid and New York. For more information, please visit www.gpbullhound.com

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Hg invests in Geomatikk Group

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Hg invests in Geomatikk Group. Partnering with the business to continue its growth as a Northern European champion in Underground Mission-Critical GIS Data and Detection.

Oslo, NORWAY and London, UK. 18 December 2020: Hg, Europe’s leading software investor, today announces an investment in Geomatikk Group (“Geomatikk”).

Geomatikk is a tech-enabled services champion, managing critical ‘check-before-you-dig’ safety assessments to network owners, contractors and consulting engineers within Norway, Sweden and Finland.

Hg will support Geomatikk with its extensive experience in scaling tech champions across Europe. Hg will become the majority investor, with founders and management remaining as significant investors in the business. The full terms of the transaction are not disclosed and closing is subject to obtaining relevant regulatory approvals.

Founded in 2005, Geomatikk is a leading tech-enabled services provider managing critical “check-before-you-dig” requests in Norway, Sweden and Finland. The core product is a comprehensive mapping of all underground infrastructure in the countries it operates, which underpins an end-to-end technology platform that manages these pre-dig checks and complementary workflows such as site inspection, damage resolution and network monitoring. Geomatikk has become a one-stop source of truth for underground cable management serving network owners and the construction industry across the Nordic region.

Hg has been investing in and growing businesses across the Nordic region for close to 20 years.

Geomatikk is also Hg’s 10th investment in the Tech Services sector, where around €1 billion has now been invested. This investment will be made from the Hg Mercury 2 Fund.

Øystein Moan will also join Geomatikk as Chairman of the board. Øystein has extensive experience of building software businesses in the Nordic region, having been CEO, and currently Executive Chair, of Visma, a leading provider of business-critical software to private and public enterprises in the Nordic, Benelux and Baltic regions. Over the last 23 years Øystein has overseen revenue growth from NOK 300 million to over NOK 19 billion today at Visma. Geomatikk has the potential to follow a pattern similar to Visma and become a European champion in Underground Mission-Critical GIS Data and Detection.

“Hg has a long history of significantly scaling technology businesses in the Nordics. We believe that their extensive experience in software and technology transformation will enable us to provide an even more seamless and compelling product for our customers, whilst also the opportunity to bring our vital services to other regions in Northern Europe. This is an incredibly exciting opportunity and I would like to say thank you to our excellent team who have performed incredibly well in what has been a significant and challenging year for everyone. We look forward to what the future holds.”

Knut Bratsberg, CEO and Founder of Geomatikk

“We are hugely impressed in what Knut and the Geomatikk team have built in the Nordics. Geomatikk provides a high value service protecting critical infrastructure in the region. By building a high-quality and increasingly tech-enabled product, Geomatikk is a leading European champion in this geographic information sector. We look forward to working with Knut and the entire Geomatikk team as we use our experience of scaling technology enabled businesses to support further growth.”

David Issott, Partner at Hg

For further details:

Hg
Tom Eckersley
+44 (0)20 8396 0930

Brunswick
Diana Vaughton and Samantha Chiene (Brunswick UK)
+44 (0)207 404 5959

HG@brunswickgroup.com

About Geomatikk Group

The Geomatikk Group is a leading tech-enabled services provider delivering solutions and services to manage safe excavations, before-you-dig-requests, Utility works and Street works. The group operates in Norway, Sweden and Finland, and is establishing itself in the UK. Geomatikk is protecting the infrastructure for more than 300 network owners, handling 2 million transactions and more than 250 thousand physical field detections annually. Network owners, municipalities, contractors, civil works designers and other stakeholders collaborate and interact on the Geomatikk digital platform to optimize their construction projects and minimize asset strikes.

About Hg

Hg is a leading European investor in software and services, focused on backing businesses that change how we all do business. Deep technology expertise, complemented by vertical application specialisation and dedicated operational support, provides a compelling proposition to management teams looking to scale their businesses. Hg has funds under management of over $30 billion, with an investment team of over 140 professionals, plus a portfolio team of more than 30 operators, providing practical support to help our businesses to realise their growth ambitions. Based in London, Munich and New York, Hg has a portfolio of over 30 software and technology businesses, comprising over 35,000 employees across the UK, US and Europe. For further details, please visit the Hg website: https://hgcapital.com/.

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Marlin signs definitive agreement to complete growth equity investment in StarCompliance

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LOS ANGELES, December 17, 2020 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has signed a definitive agreement to complete a majority-control, growth investment in StarCompliance (“Star”), a leading provider of employee compliance and regulatory technology solutions to the financial services industry. The transaction enables Star to further expand its leadership position within the global compliance market by accelerating product innovation and supporting the company’s ongoing international expansion. Luminate Capital Partners (“Luminate”), the company’s previous majority shareholder, will retain a minority stake. The completion of the transaction is subject to applicable regulatory clearances and other customary closing conditions.

With a client base of over 500,000 users across 83 countries, Star is a market-leading, highly configurable compliance solution trusted by the world’s largest regulated firms, including asset managers, investment banks, hedge funds, private equity firms, insurance companies, professional services firms, and public corporations. The company has a rich history of innovation with its mission-critical Employee Conflicts of Interest platform, complemented by its newest platform, Compliance Control Room – two comprehensive solutions that assist global firms in efficiently and effectively managing critical aspects of the complex compliance ecosystem.

“We are incredibly proud of our tremendous growth and world-class list of clients with whom we collaborate to automate and streamline compliance oversight,” said Jennifer Sun, CEO at Star. “This investment accelerates our vision of serving as the preeminent leader in the employee compliance and conflicts of interest market and better positions us to help our clients navigate evolving regulation and intelligently manage risk across the employee lifecycle – from onboarding to supporting fast-moving day-to-day operations. We look forward to partnering with Marlin and Luminate for our next phase of growth.”

“Regulatory requirements continue to become increasingly complex with escalating penalties for non-compliance. Star is uniquely addressing this global challenge with its industry-leading technology platform,” said Michael Anderson, a managing director at Marlin. “We are excited to partner with Star and continue to expand the company’s market leadership by building upon its best-in-class product suite through further product investments and strategic acquisitions.”

About Marlin Equity Partners

Marlin Equity Partners is a global investment firm with over $7.4 billion of capital under management. The firm is focused on providing corporate parents, shareholders and other stakeholders with tailored solutions that meet their business and liquidity needs. Marlin invests in businesses across multiple industries where its capital base, industry relationships and extensive network of operational resources significantly strengthen a company’s outlook and enhance value. Since its inception, Marlin, through its group of funds and related companies, has successfully completed over 170 acquisitions. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California with an additional office in London. For more information, please visit www.marlinequity.com.

About StarCompliance

StarCompliance is a leading provider of compliance technology solutions. Trusted globally by enterprise financial firms in over 83 countries—including asset managers, investment banks, broker dealers, PE firms, insurance companies, and stock exchanges—the STAR Platform empowers organizations to achieve regulatory compliance while safeguarding their integrity and business reputations. Through a customizable, 360-degree view of employee activity, STAR software enables firms to automate the detection and resolution of potential areas of conflict while streamlining daily workflows and increasing efficiency. For more information, please visit www.starcompliance.com.

For additional information, please contact Peter Spasov at (310) 364-0100 or via email at pspasov@marlinequity.com.

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Volpi Capital to acquire Profit Software

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Via equity Fond II K/S (“VIA equity”) and Tesi (“Finnish Industry Investment Ltd”), have signed an agreement to divest Profit Holding Oy (“Profit” or “the Company”). The buyer of the company is a newly formed vehicle controlled by funds managed by Volpi Capital LLP (“Volpi”).

Profit Software is an independent software and consultancy services vendor focusing on banks and insurance companies, also offering a wide range of expertise and services within business analytics and data management across multiple industries. The company operates out of six offices across Finland, Sweden and Estonia.

With Profit’s unique positioning as the digital transformation and insurtech leader in the Nordics, the company is expecting to continue its double-digit growth and profitability as the financial services and insurance sectors rapidly digitalizes.

“We have been delighted to contribute to Profit’s strong organic growth, alongside supporting a transformative acquisition. This transaction is a testament to the success of the VIA playbook of supporting Nordic IT companies”, says Benjamin Kramarz, Partner at VIA equity and outgoing Chairman of Profit.

As part of the transaction, the Company’s management team will re-invest alongside Volpi to continue executing the pan-Nordic expansion strategy.

“We are very excited about commencing the next stage of our growth journey in partnership with a leading technology investor such as Volpi. We have had a very successful journey with VIA equity and have appreciated the support that has helped Profit to emerge as a leading digital transformation vendor for Finnish insurance companies and banks. We are looking forward to further acceleration of our Nordic expansion supported by Volpi Capital”, says Ilkka Starck, CEO at Profit.

Marco Sodi, Volpi Capital commented: “For many years now we have been looking at providers of software and services to the financial services and insurance industry and identified Profit as part of our thematic research in the space. The company has gained strong momentum in recent years and we very much look forward to working closely in partnership with Ilkka and his experienced team, to further accelerate their successful growth”.

Profit and VIA equity were advised by Stifel Global Technology Group and Krogerus. Volpi was advised by Roschier.

More information:
Keith Bonnici
Investment Director, Tesi
keith.bonnici@tesi.fi
+358 40 1799 584

About VIA equity
VIA equity is a leading Northern European multi-stage private equity firm with an excellent track record of building and transforming its investments into national and international industry leaders. VIA primarily invest in companies with revenue from EUR 10 million to EUR 100 million. In October 2020, VIA completed the first close of its fund IV with target commitments of EUR175m.

About Volpi Capital
Volpi Capital is a specialist European lower mid-market private equity firm. Volpi has a thesis-driven approach targeting ambitious businesses using enabling technologies to disrupt traditional B2B value chains. Volpi typically invests €25-75 million of equity in businesses with enterprise values between €50 million and €200 million, and seeks to drive transformative growth through international expansion and consolidation. The firm was founded in 2016 by Crevan O’Grady and Marco Sodi.

Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd) is a Finnish state-owned investment company that wants to raise Finland to the front ranks of renewing economic growth by investing in funds and directly in companies. We invest profitably and responsibly, hand-in-hand with co-investors, to create the world’s new success stories. Our investments under management total 1.6 billion euros. Ambition for ownership and success – tesi.fi | @TesiFII

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EQT Private Equity makes a majority investment in Storable, the leading software & technology provider to the self-storage industry

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  • Storable is the leading provider of software, payments, insurance, and marketplace solutions to the self-storage industry in the US
  • EQT Private Equity will support Storable’s continued growth and innovation of its best-in-class product offerings
  • Storable will benefit from EQT’s demonstrated track record of advancing industry leading technology companies and vast expertise in accelerating digital transformation, leveraging its in-house resources and global EQT advisory network

EQT is pleased to announce that EQT Private Equity has made a majority investment in Storable (“the Company”), a leading provider of software and technology to the self-storage industry. Under the terms of the agreement Cove Hill Partners and management will retain a minority stake in the Company.

Storable offers an end-to-end integrated suite of technology solutions to empower self-storage operators to enhance efficiency and optimize occupancy. Storable’s offering includes a market leading software platform with embedded payment and insurance solutions and the leading online marketplace for self-storage operators. Storable is headquartered in Austin, Texas and has approximately 440 employees.

The end-market for self-storage is highly fragmented, has experienced consistent growth over the last few years and is undergoing significant digital transformation. EQT will support Storable’s continued scaling through investments in product innovation and commercial excellence, with a focus on sustainability. EQT has a long track record of advancing strong technology businesses through its collaborative governance approach with management, in-house digital team and global network of EQT advisors.

Arvindh Kumar, Partner at EQT Partners, said: “EQT is excited to invest in Storable and looks forward to partnering with Chuck Gordon and the entire team towards becoming the leading self-storage technology company in the world, doing so in a sustainable and future-proofed manner. The highly fragmented end-market for self-storage has experienced strong growth over the last several years and is undergoing significant digital transformation, for which EQT can provide global expertise. This investment demonstrates EQT’s strong interest in partnering with best-in-class technology companies supported by secular growth trends, exemplified by the self-storage industry.”

Chuck Gordon, CEO of Storable, added: “The entire Storable team is excited to partner with EQT to continue doing what we do best – helping our self-storage owners run better businesses with technology. EQT’s expertise will enable us to further enhance our existing products and launch new technology tools to help our storage clients increase their bottom line. Our clients should expect the same high standards of innovation, data privacy and support going forward.

Dan May, Managing Director of Cove Hill Partners and member of the Storable Board of Directors, added: “Cove Hill is thrilled to be continuing its strong partnership with Chuck and the Storable team as it enters its next chapter of growth. We look forward to welcoming EQT as a strategic partner, as Storable finds new ways to innovate its product offering and provide exceptional value to its dedicated customer base.”

The transaction is expected to close in Q2 2021, subject to customary conditions and approvals.

Evercore acted as financial advisor to EQT, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP provided legal counsel and Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP provided insurance counsel. William Blair & Company acted as financial advisors to Cove Hill Partners, and Ropes & Gray LLP provided legal counsel.

With this transaction, EQT IX is expected to be 30-35 percent invested (including closed and/or signed investments, announced public offers, if applicable, and less any expected syndication) based on its target fund size, and subject to customary regulatory approvals.

Contact
Arvindh Kumar, Partner at EQT Partners and Investment Advisor to EQT Private Equity, +1 917 281 0858
US press contact: daniel.yunger@kekstcnc.com, +1 917 574 8582
European / international press contact: press@eqtpartners.com, +46 8 506 55 334

About EQT
EQT is a purpose-driven global investment organization with more than EUR 75 billion in raised capital and over EUR 46 billion in assets under management across 16 active funds. EQT funds have portfolio companies in Europe, Asia-Pacific and North America with total sales of more than EUR 27 billion and approximately 159,000 employees. EQT works with portfolio companies to achieve sustainable growth, operational excellence and market leadership.

More info: www.eqtgroup.com
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About Storable
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Storable offers the self-storage industry’s most comprehensive suite of technology products known as the Storable Platform. The Storable Platform delivers management software, marketing websites, tenant insurance, payments, and the industry’s largest storage marketplace all in one integrated solution, designed to help storage operators increase efficiency, enhance occupancy, and improve profitability. The Storable family of companies includes SiteLink, storEDGE, Easy Storage Solutions, SpareFoot, Select Merchant Solutions, Storsmart, and Bader Insurance. Storable is backed by EQT and Cove Hill Partners and led by Co-Founder & CEO, Chuck Gordon.

More info: www.storable.com

About Cove Hill
Cove Hill Partners is a long-term oriented private equity firm focused on partnering with outstanding management teams to build market-leading consumer and technology companies. The firm was founded in 2017 by seasoned private equity investors to invest their personal capital alongside a small group of likeminded investors. The team currently manages an inaugural fund of over $1 billion with an innovative structure that provides the flexibility to enable a patient, concentrated and value-add approach in a small portfolio of long-term investments.

More info: www.covehillpartners.com

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Universal-Investment Group enters the Irish fund market

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Universal-Investment Group enters the Irish fund market

Universal-Investment Group, the largest independent fund service platform in the German speaking region, has strengthened its market position as a European fund service platform with the acquisition of Metzler Ireland Limited.

For Universal-Investment, this is another milestone on the way to achieving its goal of becoming the leading European fund service platform and management company for all asset classes by 2023.  Ireland is an important launch venue for the European investment industry and will become Universal-Investment’s third fund service hub alongside Germany and Luxembourg.

The acquisition of Metzler’s Irish fund management company is part of Universal-Investment’s long-term growth strategy: in the last financial year ending 30 September 2020, assets under management rose over 25 percent to approximately EUR 600 billion.  Following the acquisition of the IT specialist UI Labs in 2019 and online investment community CAPinside in the summer of 2020, this is now the third acquisition in the past two years. Universal-Investment also recently launched Enlyte, one of the world’s first investment platforms for digital assets.

“In the future and additional to our fund platforms in Germany, Luxembourg and our location in Krakow, we will also be present as a high-quality provider in Dublin, offering asset managers and institutional investors our structuring, management company, administration and risk management services for all asset classes. As such, we’re one of the few providers active both as a fund administrator and management company at Europe’s three leading fund hubs. Our customers, business partners and Universal-Investment Group’s employees will benefit from this in the long term,” says Universal-Investment Group Chief Customer Officer, Katja Müller.

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Eurazeo Capital completes its investment in Questel

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Paris, 17 December 2020 – Eurazeo Capital has completed its investment in Questel alongside IK Investment Partners, Raise Investissement and the management team. The transaction involved the purchase of 100% of Questel’s capital.

Questel is a major intellectual property solutions provider that operates worldwide and employs 900 people in 30 countries, developing SaaS products and an automated brand services and patent filing platform. The company works with close to 6,000 clients, including a number of large multinationals, offering end-to-end collaborative patent and brand management solutions across the innovation and intellectual property cycle, from invention through to filing and renewal.

Questel’s enterprise value is €915 million. Eurazeo and IK have each invested an initial amount of around €175 million and together will hold a majority stake in the company. Eurazeo China Acceleration Fund has also invested in Questel.

About Eurazeo
• Eurazeo is a leading global investment company, with a diversified portfolio of €18.8 billion in assets under management, including €13.3 billion from third parties, invested in over 430 companies. With its considerable private equity, real estate and private debt expertise, Eurazeo accompanies companies of all sizes, supporting their development through the commitment of its nearly 300 professionals and by offering in-depth sector expertise, a gateway to global markets, and a responsible and stable foothold for transformational growth. Its solid institutional and family shareholder base, robust financial structure free of structural debt, and flexible investment horizon enable Eurazeo to support its companies over the long term.

• Eurazeo has offices in Paris, New York, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, London, Luxembourg, Frankfurt, Berlin and Madrid.
• Eurazeo is listed on Euronext Paris.
• ISIN: FR0000121121 – Bloomberg: RF FP – Reuters: EURA.PA

EURAZEO CONTACTS PRESS CONTACT
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HEAD OF INVESTOR RELATIONS
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VIRGINIE CHRISTNACHT
HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS
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New primary LBO deal for Omnes and its small cap funds with regional operator Tennaxia

Omnes Capital

a publisher of SaaS solutions to help listed companies and SMEs / mid-market companies in France with their CSR strategies.

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Omnes has become a core minority shareholder in Tennaxia by investing more than €8 million in the company through its 3rd generation small cap funds. This marks Omnes’ fifth deal with the latest vintage of its small cap funds. The Small Caps team is also expected to complete strategic external growth in the IoT sector by the end of the year through an additional investment in ABMI (majority holding acquired at the end of 2018).

This means that more than 40% of the €125 million raised through the 3rd generation funds (Omnes Expansion 3 and LCL Expansion 3) in early 2020 with institutional investors, family offices and retail investors (notably through LCL’s private banking and wealth management channels) has been deployed. For reference, the team’s investment strategy is to make minority or majority investments of between €8 million and €15 million in French SMEs that lead their niche segment and operate in BtoB services, BtoC services and industry in particular.

The team actively partners ambitious business leaders and their staff to help them accomplish their operational transformation goals, both through organic and external growth. In addition to an investment multiple of nearly 2.5x, the team’s track record reflects an active external growth policy (on average, one external growth deal per portfolio company) and a large proportion of primary deals.

 

A SaaS specialist to help French businesses with their ESG strategies

Tennaxia, founded in 2001 by Bernard Fort and Maxime Delorme, is a leader in cloud-based solutions to help listed companies and SMEs / mid-market companies in France with their CSR/EHS strategies. It has developed solutions and services to sustain and enhance businesses’ non-financial performances.

Tennaxia has two interlocking products:

  • A fully-configurable SaaS platform to manage EHS/CSR strategy coupled with regulatory intelligence solutions that give customers bespoke insight (depending on their activity) into changing regulations (75% of revenue)
  • Consulting services (spot audits, compliance, etc. – 25% of revenue).

The CSR/EHS reporting market is enjoying significant double-digit growth, driven by (I) strong demand from civil society as a whole, (ii) more stringent regulations and (iii) mounting investor interest in such issues.

 

The company is targeting revenue in excess of €7 million by the end of March 2021. It currently employs more than 60 people at its offices in Laval, Paris and Lyon.

The aim of the transaction is to enable Tennaxia to pursue and step up its cross-selling and upselling strategy for its existing solutions, to strengthen its sales teams and to attract new customers in France and international markets, notably by leveraging the strategic and exclusive partnerships it has already forged (with Euronext and Bpifrance first and foremost).

 

Bernard Fort, founding CEO, Tennaxia: “This deal recognises, on an institutional level, the quality of our know-how and our software solutions. With Omnes’ help, we are confident that we can fully tap into Tennaxia’s potential in a growth market. We have built a very strong company that is trusted by our customers and are now finding ways to push ahead with our development, particularly in responsible investing (ESG) and international markets.” 

Frédéric Mimoun, Senior Director, Omnes: “This growth capital deal has come about after more than twelve months of direct dialogue with Tennaxia’s founding chairman. Our ambitious growth plan is based both on the company’s position as a trailblazer in a high-potential growth market and on the quality of its tried-and-tested software solutions in SaaS mode.”

Omnes Capital is being partnered in this “limited” LBO (less than 2x EBITDA) by Bpifrance and Arkea Capital, a subsidiary of Arkea, through its investment vehicles Arkea Capital Investissement (historical shareholder of Tennaxia) and Arkea Capital 2.

 

Parties:

Founder / Shareholder managers: Bernard Fort / Maxime Delorme and Christophe Remy

Independent directors: Bernard Bourigeaud and Isabelle Saladin

Omnes (LCL Expansion 3, LCL PME Expansion 3 and Omnes Expansion 3):
Frédéric Mimoun, Senior Director
Victor Versmee, Associate

 

Co-investors:
Arkea Capital (Arkea Capital Investissement and Arkea Capital 2):

Eric Besson-Damegon and Sylvie Le Bras

Bpifrance Investissement: Nicolas de la Serre

 

Buyer advisers
LL Berg (legal issues): Olivier Abergel, Gaëlle Quillivic, Fiona Kalach and Loïc Chomet

Vivien et Associés (labour issues): Marie-Emilie Rousseau-Brunel and Christophe Calvao

Ayache (tax and labour issues): Jacques Messeca and, Céline Boisselier
Oderis (financial issues): Thomas Claverie and Léo Placzek

Kea Euclyd (customers): Christine Durroux, Claire Gourlier and Rémi Philippe

PraXis (commercial): François Laurent-Besson

Indefi (ESG): Julien Berger

Vendor advisers
Action Expertise (corporate): Sophie Galmisch, Sébastien Brunhes and Marie Soubise

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4iQ and Alto Analytics Merge and Rebrand as Constella Intelligence

C5 Capital

Constella to Help Organisations Anticipate and Defeat Digital Risk

Press Release via PRNewswire –

Los Altos, Calif. and Madrid, Spain, December 15, 2020 – 4iQ, the leader in identity intelligence, and Alto Analytics, a leader in applying AI & data science to the digital public sphere, today announced the two companies have merged and rebranded as Constella Intelligence (“Constella”), effective immediately. With advanced analytics, deep human expertise, and broad data sets — from surface to dark web, including the largest breach data collection on the planet with over 100 billion attributes and 45 billion curated identity records spanning 125 countries and 53 languages — Constella will help organisations anticipate digital risks and safeguard critical business interests.

Kailash Ambwani, CEO of 4iQ, will serve as CEO of Constella. Alejandro Romero, Founder and CEO of Alto Analytics, will serve as COO. Under their guidance, Constella will empower organisations and intelligence professionals with comprehensive digital risk protection that covers brand, executive, fraud, geopolitical, and identity threats.

“Constella combines 4iQ’s investigation platforms and proprietary data lake, which archives more than 45 billion identity records, with Alto’s vast trove of public sphere data, advanced proprietary technology, and best-in-class analytics to enable organisations to anticipate and mitigate risks to their business, their people, and their reputations.” said Ambwani. “We look forward to empowering those on the cyber frontlines with better anticipation of emerging threats, proactive analysis, and adversary identification — so they can act before any harm is inflicted.”

“Our combined capabilities enable us to take on some of the most important missions that our customers are pursuing as they combat new forms of digital risk,” said Romero. “We’re not just keeping our customers secure, we’re making the world a safer place.”

To defeat digital risk, Constella ensures that knowledge flows and teams work together across all areas of risk to safeguard key interests. The combination of artificial intelligence-enabled software, security analysts and data scientists, and exceptionally deep datasets translates directly into Constella customers being more empowered with unprecedented digital risk visibility and control.

“Through successful 4iQ Series C funding and the powerful combination of two market-leading organisations, Constella has incredible tools and resources to tackle the fast-evolving security landscape,” said Alberto Yepez, Constella Board chair and co-founder and managing director of ForgePoint Capital, a leading investor. “I’m confident the synergies will drive seamless integration and I look forward to continued work with Kailash and the team.”

As a global leader in Digital Risk Protection, Constella is determined to make the world a safer place. Already protecting more than 25 million users and over 100 organisations worldwide through a workforce of more than 200 employees, the new organisation has its sights set on broadening its solution portfolio and growing its geographic footprint and customer base. Its diverse multinational team currently operates in more than 10 countries and is fully committed to becoming the most trusted partner for defeating digital risk. Learn more about Constella by visiting constellaintelligence.com.

About Constella Intelligence
Constella Intelligence is a leading global Digital Risk Protection business that works in partnership with some of the world’s largest organizations to safeguard what matters most and defeat digital risk. Its solutions are broad, collaborative and scalable, powered by a unique combination of proprietary data, technology and human expertise—including the largest breach data collection on the planet, with over 100 billion attributes and 45 billion curated identity records spanning 125 countries and 53 languages.

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Jonathan Nelson
jonathan.nelson@constellaintelligence.com

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SPH Analytics Strengthens its Focus and Innovation in Consumer Experience and Engagement Space

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SPH Analytics (SPH), the leading healthcare measurement and analytics platform for consumer experience and engagement, today announced the merger of its population health division with Azara Healthcare to operate as an independent, standalone company.  This newly combined company will leverage the Azara Healthcare brand and create the industry-leading population health management company.

“We are excited to merge our population health division with Azara Healthcare to create a standalone company with a relentless focus on improving care quality and patient outcomes while responsibly managing costs.  This united business will leverage the unrivaled analytics of the legacy companies to improve population health, solving material challenges across healthcare in the United States,” said Amy Amick, President and Chief Executive Officer of SPH Analytics. “And just as the newly merged Azara Healthcare will be optimally positioned to drive value for our population health clients, the more focused attention of SPH Analytics on consumer experience and engagement will only serve to accelerate the pace of innovation and impact for our experience and engagement clients.  This is a win for all of our clients and for the healthcare industry as a whole.”

Read the full story at SPHAnalytics.com.

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